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Last week was the New York City primary, but in most neighborhoods you never would have known. Once again, hundreds of thousands of eligible New Yorkers chose to stay home. Even in the super-charged House race where Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had a stunning upset against 10-term Rep.
Foster Care Excellence Fund in The New York Community Trust to give initial grants of $750,000. The New York Community Trust has joined with the Redlich Horwitz Foundation, Ira W. DeCamp Foundation, Joseph Leroy & Ann C. Warner Fund, and Tiger Foundation to improve the lives of foster children.
The New York Community Trust's Women's Advisory Council recently hosted its first cyber security donor briefing, where four financial and cyber security experts advised Trust donors, staff, and guests on how to stay safe online and reduce the risk of identity theft: Consider the innocent. Always remain cautious as you click "allow" and geotag images.
We know parents play an important role in their children's education. But as kids get older, it's harder for adults to get involved with homework and projects. We're funding two programs that give families ways to work together.
As someone who identifies as "not super religious" but is drawn to the most meaningful aspects of Judaism, Jen Shuman of Boston "always planned on having a wedding with the iconic Jewish elements". However, her childhood rabbi cannot officiate at the wedding since she is marrying a non-practicing Catholic.
When young people fall behind or are too old for mainstream high school, they're transferred to School District 79 to get their high school equivalency diploma and learn job skills. Until now, the arts have taken a back seat at "transfer schools." The Trust is working to change that.
(October 16, 2018) NEW YORK, NY - The Trust is committed to helping solve some of New York's toughest challenges. For each of the following grants, we offer journalists additional one-page background memos that detail the problems we're addressing and our approaches to solving them.
Dr. Helen Rehr dedicated her life to transforming the way we help people out of poverty and other difficult circumstances. After earning her BA and MSW from Hunter College and her PhD from Columbia University School of Social Work, She directed Mt. Sinai Hospital's Department of Social Work Services.
If you've sent a child to public school, hopped in a ride-share car, or flown out of an airport, you've benefited from census data. Federal and state governments use the data to allocate money, and local governments and school districts depend on the numbers to determine services.